OFFICIAL TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) discussion.

[NDEEDN 03]

TPMS issues

My Fiancée and I bought a 2015 Sonic RS hatch and have had a tpms from about a month after we took it home in July of 2015. The light will flash for awhile then stay illuminated. The dealer reads the codes and it says that they aren't pinging enough. First thing I did was check the onstar app and all of my sensors say out of range and are blank. This only happens when we drive 25 or so highway miles. The dealership replaced the module for the sensors and it was okay for about another month. I read the first 5 pages of this forum, but has anyone else had this issue. From what I get the dealership said tech support said we would have to live with this defect instead of even trying to replace any of the sensors. This is my first post, any input would be appreciated. Both on what I can do and whether or not I should accept that answer with a car that has 7,734 miles on it.

 

[The Champ]

From what I get the dealership said tech support said we would have to live with this defect instead of even trying to replace any of the sensors.

This is unacceptable.

Try another dealer or call Chevrolet Customer Care. This can be fixed.

 

[NDEEDN 03]

This is unacceptable.

Try another dealer or call Chevrolet Customer Care. This can be fixed.

Thanks for the response, I'll definitely be trying both of those.

 

[daveg62]

My Fiancée and I bought a 2015 Sonic RS hatch and have had a tpms from about a month after we took it home in July of 2015. The light will flash for awhile then stay illuminated. The dealer reads the codes and it says that they aren't pinging enough. First thing I did was check the onstar app and all of my sensors say out of range and are blank. This only happens when we drive 25 or so highway miles. The dealership replaced the module for the sensors and it was okay for about another month. I read the first 5 pages of this forum, but has anyone else had this issue. From what I get the dealership said tech support said we would have to live with this defect instead of even trying to replace any of the sensors. This is my first post, any input would be appreciated. Both on what I can do and whether or not I should accept that answer with a car that has 7,734 miles on it.

Pretty much the same problem here. Ours was bought in Oct 2015. We've had it in to the dealer 5 times for this problem, they've replaced a bunch of different items and the tpms continues to come on intermittently. Now the dealer won't even return our phone calls. Next service is due soon and we'll see what they do when they rotate the tires again and it won't recognize again. I'm kinda fed up with it.

 

[Natesriv]

May have been asked, but too many pages

Are our TPMS's just magnets, or is there a battery in there? Mine goes off, I unhook the battery, and it's gone for a while longer...but returns. No tire pressure issues... Wonder if our sensors are part of ABS or not...

 

[Rowdy_Sonic_RS]

Mine just started. Looks like I have some fun to look forward too.


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[Papasonic]

May have been asked, but too many pages

Are our TPMS's just magnets, or is there a battery in there? Mine goes off, I unhook the battery, and it's gone for a while longer...but returns. No tire pressure issues... Wonder if our sensors are part of ABS or not...

The TPMS sensors in our Sonic's do indeed contain a battery, and operate in the 315 MHz frequency band. Typical battery life is estimated at 5-7 years, with some claiming 10 year life. If you sometimes have an indication of a low tire; try relearning each sensor with a electronic trigger tool, and monitor their function. I don't believe the ABS system is connected to the TPMS system.

 

[The Champ]

The TPMS sensors in our Sonic's do indeed contain a battery, and operate in the 315 MHz frequency band. Typical battery life is estimated at 5-7 years, with some claiming 10 year life. If you sometimes have an indication of a low tire; try relearning each sensor with a electronic trigger tool, and monitor their function. I don't believe the ABS system is connected to the TPMS system.

Correct.

I've had one sensor go out in my vehicles that have them so far. It was in my '11 Chevy Impala company car. Went out about 4 months ago at about 170,000 miles. Currently have 190,000 miles and will be getting new company car soon.

TPMS is simply a sensor for air pressure and is not connected in any way to the ABS system.

 

[CamaroxGuy]

TPMS Upgrade?

I purchased a set of 17's with no TPMS, does anyone have suggestions for sets?
The stock 15's I have I'm looking to sell with everything, so no swapping hopefully. :banana:

 

[RMinNJ]

I purchased a set of 17's with no TPMS, does anyone have suggestions for sets?
The stock 15's I have I'm looking to sell with everything, so no swapping hopefully. :banana:

I brought some sensors off the bay for mysecond set of wheels. They have to be learned
thought when you put the new wheels on.. either the dealer, tire place, or buy the learning tool.

Recently on my stock 2012 15's one sensor is bad so my light is on again...I watched the dealer learn them..exactly like the youtube video. I ordered a replacement sensor but it's a darn shame...will have to pay to have the tire dismounted etc at a tire place... all for a silly dash light.

 

[CamaroxGuy]

I have the tire learn option on my dash, or is that not able to sync with the aftermarket TPMS sets?

 

[$ub$onic]

You still need the tool to learn the tpms

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[Papasonic]

I obtained a set of LTZ 17" wheels a few years ago, and last year purchased some winter tires from Tire Rack, and TPMS sensors I purchased from a vendor on Ebay. Prior to M.Y. 2011 you could do the tire learn procedure by adding or removing air from the tire while in the tire learn mode. After model year 2011 an electronic tool is required to do the relearn procedure. I purchased one of those also because I change wheels from summer to winter, and also have numerous vehicles that I can use it on. Every tire rotation necessitates a tire relearn too. I believe the TPMS reset tool that I have cost ~ $60.00.

 

[Shagster68]

PIDs for TPMS

Has anyone figured out how to read the PIDs to add them to the Torque app for real time monitoring of all four tires?

 

[carouselambra]

I'm planning on swapping my rims out on my '17 LT but the dealer wants to charge me $70 for new stems. Do any TPMS stems work with chevy TPMS or do I need a specific stem?

I ordered these. Hopefully they are right,
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y673SNK/


Edit:
Those worked BTW. Got my new wheels on no problems. Saved me almost $80. http://i.imgur.com/ceoCjIE.jpg?1

 

[SuEnRoD]

Aftermarket TPMS display

Do any of the inexpensive TPMS displays work with OEM sensors? I have a 2016 sonic sedan. A 2 year old vehicle and we just hit 1000 miles. The tires are losing 2-3 pounds of pressure a month and the dealer says it's because we don't drive enough. Sounds like BS to me so I want to monitor the pressure.

Thanks

 

[Vicarious]

...You've all got TPMS? Because I ended up with a total flat a couple weekends back, and the car didn't have any kind of warning lights on.

 

[SuEnRoD]

Has anyone figured out how to read the PIDs to add them to the Torque app for real time monitoring of all four tires?

I had not thought of this. If you find out how, PLEASE post it!!

Thanks